this is so true! In fact voicemail at work has become so irrelevant I had allot forgotten about it.... Have been known to check vm once a month...oooops! Just do more effective communication via email/twitter/ff... Facebook actually going off the boil for me too, over-egged, I love simplicity of twitter.. - Mia Walczak
Mitch, I look for aggregation tools and setup alerts. I rarely use my feedreader anymore as I'd rather find information about topics --rather than by people (blogs) As such, Friendfeed has become so much more important in my life, as is Google Alerts - Jeremiah Owyang
he was definitely determined to capture the atrocities as accurately as possible - I hope to never be able to understand how humans can commit acts like those portrayed. There is a vast difference between conventional warfare in defense of one's family or country and the sadomasochism on display in many parts of the world. - Marco
Son of Rambow was pretty good--no actual death, just near death. - Vezquex
@marco "he was definitely determined to capture the atrocities as accurately as possible" Was that the intent? Did he say that in an interview? - Jeremiah Owyang
check out some old john woo movies, like Hardboiled or Killers. Hardboiled's opening is probably the 10 most perfect minutes of movie action as have ever been put on film. - felix
Yup, I frequently tell people, even if you work for a corporation, you are a company of one. - Jeremiah Owyang
I had a biz professor in college that drove home the concept of 'Me Inc." At the time, I didn't think much of it. He mentioned it almost everyday in class - but now I absolutely do. - Sonciary Honnoll
Excellent post. Especially about using Summize to find conversations. - possible248
are you going to disclose the amount? :) - Timo Heuer
Vezquex my blog is listed twice? One may be a twitter stream. To my knowledge it's only listed once. - Jeremiah Owyang
Timo I really don't think that person was serious. I asked for enough for me to not work for a few years - Jeremiah Owyang
Your blog does seem to be listed twice in your profile (FF that is) - Brian Sullivan
It was listed twice, I'm not sure how that happened, I removed the dupe. Thanks for letting me know. - Jeremiah Owyang
take the money and run, their foolish mistake if they don't include you in the deal - clarke
I'm pretty sure you could sell the blog, and then start an online show/podcast and be living pretty damn well. - Ben Parr
Blogs are personal, so what are you selling ?? your past content or throwing your readers under the bus ?? - Peter Dawson
Peter, I think he just wants my domain. Quite frankly, the terms were not clear. I'd just start another blog, readers would come. (this is already my second URL) - Jeremiah Owyang
that's weird. ask me if he'll buy interactiveartists.com - Ryan
Jeremy, only the domian - must be some SEO /SEM strategy :)- sale sale . as high as they will go. but make sure that you get 30day handover period to notify your userland :)- yeah take their money and run .. LOL - Peter Dawson
Weird, you are the blog - if they take it over, what are they going to do with it? - Marshall Sponder
They have "custodians" now? Jeez, when did this happen? When I a kid, even after you worked your way up to register... everybody cleaned. All the time. "If there's time to lean there's time to clean." Then again, I don't think we ever scrubbed the trash bins or washed the parking lot. Wait...video is copyright 1986?? I guess our store slacked. - Ken Sheppardson
"The operation, which involved waiters in about 40 restaurants, racked up more than $3 million dollars worth of bogus purchases." -- http://tinyurl.com/5nqagz - Ken Sheppardson
Never thought about it. I must be too trusting. UK and France idea sound good. What would it take to make that happen in the US? - Michael Tefft
I have no liability for credit card fraud, it all falls on the issuer so they have incentives and systems for reducing fraud. - Logical Extremes
Are you making a point that this is more risky than online transactions? LOL - Kami Huyse
In New York City, if I worried about such things, I'd starve to death. - (steve isaacs)
My credit cards have been wonderful about reversing bad charges. Trust them 100% for 24 yrs. However (1) on-line for junk $1 offers (and hotel reservations), I use prepaid credit cards. Buy a $25 card for $30 ($25 + $4.95 fee) & run it down to $5. Find one without monthly fees for the 1st year. (2) I've had problems with "Debit card" reversals. Watch out. - Mitchell Tsai
I hate that tons of places in NYC only take cash! Sorry, just wanted to throw that in there. :-) I think I read something recently about a push here in the states for transactions at the table. - Corie Allison
@Corie As a business person, the cc fees of 1.6-5.0+% are high... Makes sense to do cash (aside from the European dual-income approach - aka hide some cash). - Mitchell Tsai
In south america, they always came to the table with a handheld card reader so it never left your table. I'm sure that was an answer to lots of problems previously... and to assuage folk's fears. - adam christensen
Mitchell - I understand the reasoning behind it, but sometimes it sucks to carry around lots of cash. I think there needs to be some sort of limit to the fees cc companies can charge. I remember reading something recently about a gas station switching over to cash only because, with rising gas prices, they just couldn't afford to pay the fees any longer. - Corie Allison
Never let the card leave my sight - Chip & Pin! - Joe Dawson
@Corie. Carrying cash can suck (I've been mugged at gun-point twice.) However, I usually carry enough to cover my restaurant meals and cabfare. I've had many times when the telephone connections go down, and a restaurant can't process any of my credit cards. At least as a guy, I look REALLY bad if I can't pay for dinner, and my date needs to pay with her cash. Very bad... - Mitchell Tsai
I've been concerned sometimes, but I usually use my business debit card, and so far, I haven't had any problems. I can check my balance online right away. I keep my eye on the waiters and the receipts on the table when I'm about to leave. Sometimes I carry the tray or folio with the (merchant's copy) receipt back up to the cashier on my way out of a restaurant so it's not lying around on an empty table for a long time. - Cathryn Hrudicka
no risk- if they run off with it- or wierd charges show up- i know where they work, and i know the phone number to remove support for the card immediately. - Nathan Eckenrode
I think vallet parking is a far greater risk; I've seen Ferris too many times, however - Michael W. May via twhirl
I only use debit cards for ATM... since I always pay off my credit card, why not use someone else's money for a month for free? Cash is useful when you don't need or want a paper trail. - Logical Extremes
Can't live in fear. It's not that I'm trusting of everyone, just that there is satisfactory recourse available so it's a non-issue - Sally Robinson
Credit cards have a maximum of $50 liability. Most companies won't even charge that much. If someone swipes the number, it gets caught, you get a new one. Debit cards are much more problematic (for the life of me I can't figure out why anyone would use one), as money is actually deducted from your account which takes time + headaches to get back. - Eric
Yeah, but you still aren't held accountable with debit. I left my debit card in an ATM (yeah, I'm retarded) and a guy took $400 out and charged around $500 on it. Same as credit card, once reported, money was returned and charges were removed. - Sebastian
And yet, the guy at chipotle can process your payment while you're in line... I think it's about visitor expectations - Andrea
I find the new trend of "small" pin / signature-less transactions at Itsu / Pret etc disturbing - Phill Price
@Sebastian: Yeah, but when you lose the debit card money still leaves your account. Depending on the institution involve, it's not *always* returned the next day - it happened to my brother and it took three weeks. A credit card, on the other hand, serves as a nice buffer between any would be thieves and my actual money. - Eric
